Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter II : Recording, Registering and Licensing of Ships72A. Prohibition of use of vessels of less than three metres in length |
| (1) | No vessel of less than three metres in length shall go to sea from any port in or from anywhere else on the coast of the Republic. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) the Minister may by regulation— |
| (a) | prescribe the purpose for and the area in which a vessel of less than three metres in length may be used; and |
| (b) | prescribe the conditions subject to which any such vessel may be so used. |
[Section 72A(2)(b) substituted by item 8 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]
[Section 72A substituted by item 8 (Schedule 2) of Act No. 58 of 1998]